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Delivering his comments at the Education Cannot Wait High-Level Financing Conference in Geneva, the Secretary-General welcomed the fact that since it was founded in 2017, the fund had trained 87,000 teachers and given seven million children in crisis “the education they deserve”.

Brown stressed the need to speak up for children in Afghanistan, Chad, Ethiopia, Yemen, Ukraine, and many more, for they are the most neglected, forgotten, and isolated, and they need and deserve support. Brown was speaking during the opening session of the first Education Cannot Wait (ECW) high-level financing conference underway in Geneva, Switzerland.

ECW, the UN global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, convened a two-day conference to marshal support to raise $1.5 billion to roll out its four-year strategic plan to support children and adolescents affected by crises to learn in safety and without fear. The conference seeks to mobilize the resources to meet the educational needs of the 222 million children and adolescents in crisis.

Con motivo de esta urgencia, la ONU celebra esta semana, los días 16 y 17 de febrero, una Conferencia de alto nivel que tiene por título : ¨La educación no puede esperar¨. El evento reunirá en Ginebra, Suiza, a líderes llegados de todo el mundo. El principal objetivo es conseguir que se asuman los compromisos necesarios para garantizar que todos los niños y niñas, sin importar su origen, accedan a una educación de calidad.

As the global humanitarian capital, Geneva has become a global hub for Education in Emergencies, bringing together many actors to take joint action, work more closely and strengthen their commitment. So here and now, I call on you – governments, foundations, the private sector, philanthropists and civil society – to join forces and pledge our support to Education Cannot Wait.

Le Ministre de l’Enseignement Primaire, Secondaire et Technique de la République Démocratique du Congo, Tony Mwaba participe à la Conférence de Haut Niveau sur le Financement de l’initiative Éducation sans délai (Education Cannot Wait) à Genève ce Jeudi 16 Février.

Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis opened the first Education Cannot Wait (ECW) High-Level Financing Conference on 16 February 2023. Switzerland pledged CHF 35 million to ECW, the UN's global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, until 2026. Education4Future was also the focus of the second edition of the IC Forum, which brought together 1,300 participants from more than 120 countries in Geneva and online.

Donor countries pledged about US$826mln towards the appeal at the Education Cannot Wait High-Level Financing Conference in Geneva. Children at the forum told Save the Children that leaders need to listen to children in crisis, and prioritise funding to ensure all children have access to safe, quality education.

The European Union and ‘Education Cannot Wait' both promote access to high-quality education for the children most left behind, and seek to make education investments more effective and sustainable by bridging the gap between humanitarian and development interventions, in line with the commitments of the Transforming Education Summit.

The first action leaders can take is investing in Education Cannot Wait (ECW), who are hosting a financing conference in Switzerland in just a few days’ time. Since 2016, ECW has transformed the delivery of education in emergencies and pursued the humanitarian-development nexus – practicing a context-driven approach, while maintaining focus on a long-term goal. They now require at least $1.5 billion to deliver an ambitious 2023 – 2026 strategic plan and reach 20 million crisis-affected children and young people with a quality education. It is within our power as a global community to invest more and invest more effectively, but we must act now.

Après ce Forum organisé par le Département fédéral des affaires étrangères (DFAE), M. Cassis doit ouvrir jeudi une réunion de haut niveau pour tenter d'attirer 1,5 milliard de dollars pour l'éducation dans les situations d'urgence. Plusieurs ministres sont attendus lors de cette rencontre prévue par la Suisse et le Fonds de l'ONU 'Education sans délai'.

Après ce Forum organisé par le Département fédéral des affaires étrangères (DFAE), M. Cassis doit ouvrir jeudi une réunion de haut niveau pour tenter d'attirer 1,5 milliard de dollars pour l'éducation dans les situations d'urgence. Plusieurs ministres sont attendus lors de cette rencontre prévue par la Suisse et le Fonds de l'ONU "Education sans délai".